It might not be worth it if they eat up all my tax savings in attorney fees.

I don't mind starting out solo, if it means I get to keep my cake and eat it too.

Taxes will eat into your bottom line very quickly.

Costs will definitely eat into your bottom line if you're not careful!! 

The low interest rate will eat a little of that cash flow, but as long as you're on the positive side you'll be fine.

I try to assume the worst case in everything and I still am stuck eating $3k I shouldn't have to on this last flip, as of a few hours ago.

FYI, the first question had a typo; I meant to ask if you would ever skip negotiation if the appraisal was LOWER than contract (i.e. eat the difference by putting down a bigger down payment.

Here in Denver, we have "Civic Center Eats" where they do this on certain days during the week throughout summer => http://civiccenterconservancy.org/and we have various bars/micro breweries around town that will call in food trucks to park outside the bar so they get around the restaurant laws.  

While you can eat horse, it just isn't right and chicken tastes better.Besides, don't they smoke a lot of dope in Seattle?

- If I were able to charge any mount of rent, I would charge that, and eat down the loan on the property as quickly as possible while still retaining some of the cashflow for capital expenditures and so on, and hopefully be able to refinance much sooner, and roll into other investment properties.Any advice on this matter would be greatly appreciated!